Photos on carving the Concave Newport Shell

Start by carving the concave sections first and then rounding over the convex areas. Use #10, 6mm and 10mm for concave, and #3, 14mm or back bent gouges four convex areas.

This is what it should look like before carving the convex/concave sections of the shell

Cut out rest of shell template (because it is difficult to trace with the curve of the wood). Trace shell lines onto wood with carbon paper.

Cut out center design on template and trace on wood using carbon paper. Cut around center fan with a v-chisel about 1/16″. Lower down surface of background so it gently flows to this cut.

Lower down shell with a gentle curve at the edge

Lowering down the area under the shell

Hello everyone. I’m heading off the the airport in about 45 minutes. I ran across some photos of the process of carving the concave newport shell and wanted to quickly get them up on my blog. It’s not a complete process, but shows the basic steps.